I am in the market for a 30ft gooseneck and I found this trailer on ebay, but is it just me or do those axles look way to far forward. Thanks

http://i14.ebayimg.com/05/i/06/8d/b2/d0_3.JPG

Normally, IMO, yes.

But really, that all depends on how the trailer is going to be loaded.

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Those things are WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY to far forward. If it was a screaming deal then maybe, but you WILL have to move the axles, so figure that into the deal.

It not that good of a deal, only saves me about $600 and the whole reason I even considered it was so that I would not have to borrow a 30"er to tow out to Moab.

You could load it with your heavy rig forward with the engines on each rig facing forward and it should be okay for the time being.

You want to shoot for 60/40 or even 65/35 split. That looks to me like 55/45 split. Like someone already said put you're heaviest rig engine forward and you'd be OK, but I don't like it.

at a glance I'd say that was a tripple that they pulled the back axle off


for 600 I'd move the axles

my 34' goose is a triple axle and the front of the front most tire is 1' back from center of deck and the rear of the rear most tires is 8' forward of the rear of the deck.

If you are pulling with a 3/4 ton it might not be bad like it is.

looks to me like like a bumper pull someone converted to a goose.

in my research for axle placement,what i found is that on a gooseneck the center of the middle axle(or the center between the 2 axles if a tandem axle) should be at 2/3 of the deck length.i.e. middle of the axle assemblies at 20 feet back on a 30 foot trailer.

the one in the pic is definately not likt that :eek:

for a bumper pull the axle centerline(middle axle for tri axle, point between on tandem) should be at 1 inch for every foot in deck length past the center point. i.e. axle should be at 30 inches past the 15 foot point on a 30 footer,or at 17' 6". the pic looks like they are not much past half way.

those are just formulas i found,i have not enuff real world experience to guess on how the above trailer would tow. it does seem that you could prolly load things in such a way to maximize the tongue weight,but for that little of a savings,i think id search for a trailer that was designed as a gooseneck from the start.

Look more closely, and count the red reflectors.. I counted 16 front the front to the front tire, and what would be approx. 10, (if the reflectors went all the way to the end of the trailer) to the rear wheel.

The 32' I borrowed for my Texas trip is setup similarly to that (it was a bumper pull that the mfg. setup as a goose), and it towed VERY well when we put a heavier rig on the front. We had plenty of tongue weight.

Not too wild about the lack of gusseting where the upright meets the trailer, but maybe all wood deck deck-overs are like that?

Not too bad. Look at the axle placement on a 5th wheel.

You are not going to want to haul much on that trailer. Those are not designed with vehicles in mind. They are more of a material trailer (lumber, pipe and such). The axle set up is prolly just about right if you load it right. IMHO, two rigs would be too much for that thing. But I tend to go overboard when it comes to these things.